Massage Therapy Coming More and More Into The Medical Forefront

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Don't Call It Pampering...



A version of this article appeared Mar. 13, 2012, on page D1 in some U.S. editions of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Don't Call It Pampering: Massage Wants to Be Medicine.

 Finals, Term Papers and Presentations Oh My!

Spent today with Berkeley students who where in the thick of finishing up semester's work. These hard working students were  taking a moment to distress themselves with a few minutes of chair massage, aromatherapy and the relaxing sounds of water falls.  It was well received and much needed! Keep up the good work guys!

A View Form The Other Side of Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery.

Why you should listen to her:

One morning, a blood vessel in Jill Bolte Taylor's brain exploded. As a brain scientist, she realized she had a ringside seat to her own stroke. She watched as her brain functions shut down one by one: motion, speech, memory, self-awareness ...
Amazed to find herself alive, Taylor spent eight years recovering her ability to think, walk and talk. She has become a spokesperson for stroke recovery and for the possibility of coming back from brain injury stronger than before. In her case, although the stroke damaged the left side of her brain, her recovery unleashed a torrent of creative energy from her right. From her home base in Indiana, she now travels the country on behalf of the Harvard Brain Bank as the "Singin' Scientist."

"How many brain scientists have been able to study the brain from the inside out? I've gotten as much out of this experience of losing my left mind as I have in my entire academic career."

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A Moment Of Quiet

On Going Research In The Field of Massage Therapy

The Touch Research Institute has conducted over 100 studies on the positive effects of massage therapy on many functions and medical conditions in many different age groups. Among the significant research findings are enhanced growth (e.g. in preterm infants), diminished pain (e.g. fibromyalgia), decreased autoimmune problems (e.g., increased pulmonary function in asthma and decreased glucose levels in diabetes), enhanced immune function (e.g., increased natural killer cells in HIV and cancer), and enhanced alertness and performance (e.g., EEG pattern of alertness and better performance on math computations). Many of these effects appear to be mediated by decreased stress hormones. Several of these findings have been reviewed in the...(click for complete article)

A Great Way to Go Lean and Green

I found this great veggie smoothie recipe. It's a little different, but I think it's a great way to get your greens in if your not always good about it.

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